Tiny Home Additions That Can Meet Your New Normal Lifestyle Needs
Although home modifications are now essential given that most of us work and attend classes from home, for some, it’s simply impossible, budget-wise. Home renovations can create a massive dent in your finances since it includes expenses on labor and materials, and if your house has limited space, transforming it to suit new normal needs is even more impossible.
It’s during these times that you have to think wisely and make use of your available resources. For example, if you live in a single-bedroom flat, you can look at the bright side and come up with clever ideas to fit everything you need in the limited space you have without making your abode look crowded. Using multipurpose and space-efficient furniture and appliances will also help keep your home from containing too much clutter. To begin your journey of recreating your tiny home, you can start with the ideas below.
Loft Bedroom
Instead of dividers, you can elevate your bedroom and maintain your house’s open and airy style. To make it look more elegant, you can use a combination of glass and metal or steel for your railing. If you lack headspace, you can still achieve aloft bedroom by opting for low furniture and simply placing your mattress against the floor, creating a cozy vibe.
Office Nook
If you belong to the remote workforce, it is now impossible to do without a home office. Your bedroom can serve as your workstation, but your room probably has a relaxing and sleep-inducing atmosphere that defeats the very purpose of work and can hamper your productivity. To get the focus and privacy you need, you can move your whole office situation in a tiny nook in your home that you probably use to hold shoes and seasonal things. You can fit a desk and chair, and maybe even a drawer for your work essentials, thanks to an excellent design.
Book Corner
Entertainment is crucial because going out is a risk, and books provide people with a gateway to the outside world without taking a single step outdoors. To enhance your whole book reading experience, you can use your corner window and have a comfy seat installed right in front of it to create a reading corner. Floor or ceiling shelves beside your chosen corner window can also hold your favorite titles, which you can easily access from your seat.
Tiny, Yet Functional Kitchen
Food gave many people comfort during extended quarantine periods, and to make great food, you need an excellently designed kitchen. A spacious cooking area complete with kitchen tools and ingredients is the dream, but for a tiny home, it’s close to impossible. Despite limited space, a functional kitchen is still achievable. By using open shelves and an island/ prep table/ dining table combo, you can prepare dishes, keep ingredients close at hand, and have meals all in a single space.
Hobby Station in Your Cupboard
To fight boredom, a lot of people turned to pick up new hobbies. Some popular indoor activities include crafting, which involves plenty of materials that can look messy when left unorganized. Setting up a hobby station is the best option to keep both your materials and creations in optimum condition. Although a cupboard is narrow, it can still fit a chair and a desk, and you can even use its wall space for storage.
For something to do in your hobby cupboard station, you can try sewing using Burda patterns and create customized garments for your friends or loved ones.
Home Classroom in the Garden Shed
After transforming your home using the ideas above, you’re probably left with no more space to work on, but if you have a garden, you can also use that to cater to your new normal needs. If you or anyone in your family takes classes from home, the din of the house can be distracting. So to solve this, you can turn your garden shed into an isolated classroom. Painting its interiors and installing shelves will already do, but you can make it serve its purpose more by adding windows and light fixtures for better lighting and ventilation.
Cozy Theater in the Attic
Most houses, even small ones, have attics primarily used for storage. If yours contain things you feel you’ll no longer use or you can repurpose, you can clear them away and upgrade your attic. Some garrets don’t come fully furnished, it’s often full of exposed pipes and foundation frames, so covering them up and installing a ceiling will be your first tasks.
After transforming it into a decent room, you can add a couch or even just cushions and bean bags, plus a projector screen to make it your official home theater. For an even cozier ambiance, you can also use dimmable fairy lights and rugs.